Who told you that the Island was an imagination of yours?’ ‘Well, you would not assure me that it was anything real.’ ‘Nor that it was not.’ ‘But I must think it is one or the other.’ ‘By my father’s soul, you must not—until you have some evidence. Can you not remain in doubt?’ ‘I don’t know that I have ever tried.’ ‘You must learn to, if you are to come far with me. It is not hard to do it. In Eschropolis, indeed, it is impossible, for the people who live there have to give an opinion once a week or once a day, or else Mr. Mammon would soon cut off their food. But out here in the country you
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